Kingfisher Airlines, India's No 2 private carrier, has informed that it has received sanction from the federal government to operate flights on nine international routes.

According to the sources, the airline has been allowed to operate Mumbai-London, Kolkata-Dhaka, Kolkata-Chittagong, Mumbai-Hong Kong, Mumbai-Singapore, Chennai-Colombo, Bangalore-Colombo, Bangalore-Bangkok and Mumbai-Bangkok flights.

The company officials said that the time frame for launch of proposed services will be announced progressively.

At present, Kingfisher operates daily flights between Bangalore and London, its only overseas route.

The reports said that Civil Aviation Ministry had given the nod for Kingfisher to operate in worldwide routes in August this fiscal.